Mao Zedong and Chiang Kai-shek held nine private meetings in Chongqing, brokered by an American diplomat, following the conclusion of the Second World War. The two were civil to one another, even as each likely knew that a resumption of fighting was inevitable.
Read the article by James Carter: https://thechinaproject.com/2021/08/25/the-last-meeting-of-mao-zedong-and-chiang-kai-shek/
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